Jack Mulcahy is a 6-time Award Winning American actor, born and raised in New York City. Jack started in the entertainment business as a lead vocalist and guitarist for various popular rock 'n' roll bands; and experienced major successes with his first two films, _Porky's and was the first acquisition of Fox Searchlight, the art film division of 20th Century Fox. Jack has turned some of his attention to producing. One play he produced and starred in was called "PrimeTime". It opened the Off-Broadway Spring/Summer of 2006 season to glowing notices. Then, after a few seasons away, in the fall of 2010, he went back to the boards and starred in the Off Broadway showcase, Friction, again to packed houses a stellar reviews. After Friction, Jack went on a run of starring in five films, most promising among them a slacker comedy, "Stuck In The Middle", that took the 2012 festival circuit by storm, delighting audiences and garnering four-star reviews. In one review a critic wrote, "Jack Mulcahy, as Leo, steals every scene in this crowd pleasing comedy!" In 2012 Jack started his own film company, West End Kid Productions, that has four projects on its slate set for shooting in 2016: a paranormal thriller, The Manor; Bull Smith, the story of a real life ballplayer from a bygone era, and his influence on on the modern labor movement; Citizen Gone, a harrowing and timely story of a government rendition and mistaken identity; and Hans, a modern day Children of a Lesser God love story. Jack recently won a Best Actor Award for his hilarious portrayal of Lucifer in Joseph Pepitone's The Jersey Devil, releasing worldwide in October of 2015. Jack is active in several charity events and organizations such as The Jackie Robinson Foundation; The Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Foundation; and the Mercy College Scholarship Foundation. An avid softball player and 14-handicap golfer, Jack is an all-around athlete. He graduated from the prestigious Stuyvesant High School in New York City at the age of 16 and has an IQ of 147. Jack is also a member of the NY Local Board of SAG-AFTRA; and is the Vice Chairman of the SAGIndie Committee, as well as a sitting member of the National Low Budget Film Committee, the TV/Theatrical Negotiating Committee, and the SAG Awards Nominating Committee. Jack has been the Commissioner of the Performing Arts Softball League since 2005. Jack resides on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in the apartment that he has called home since birth.
He graduated from the prestigious Stuyvesant High School at the tender age of sixteen. He has an IQ of 148 and is a member of Mensa.
He got to work again with Kim Cattrall (Samantha) on HBOs "Sex and the City" nearly 20 years after they did Porkys together.
His grandfather, John Joseph Mulcahy the 1st, was a Gold Medal winner in rowing at the 1904 Olympics held in St. Louis. He also took the Silver Medal in a separate event (skulls) that year.
Appeared on Joan Rivers talk show in a late 1980s segment called "Men Who Cant Commit".
Is the Commisssioner of the Performing Arts Softball League in Central Park.
Jack had the privilege and honor of working with the late, great Blake Edwards in his romantic comedy, Big Rosemary, at the Helen Hayes Theater.
